Graduating with a first-class after 14 attempts - The story of Emmanuel Sam Emmanuel Nana Appiah Sam was denied a certificate at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) after 14 attempts at graduation. He revealed on his LinkedIn page that he had pursued BSc. Agriculture and was given a maximum of four semesters (two years) to rewrite all the referred and failed papers, which he did successfully. After writing all the papers, he still did not meet the minimum requirement needed to secure a certificate. Emmanuel Sam explained: "I was able to use 2 semesters to finish writing them but at the end, my CWA fell below the pass mark of 40.00 hence I did not qualify for a certificate."